A: An increased concentration of salt in soil inhibits plant growth, eventually leading to plant death, and high salinity in soil is a major issue facing the agriculture industry. However, there is a subset of plants called halophytes that have adapted to growing in high-saline areas.
By 18 months, your toddler will probably start making many common consonant sounds, such as t, d, n, w, and h. Learning to make these sounds is a watershed event, one that leads to the rapid vocabulary spurt that most children go through at this stage. Don't expect to hear all these sounds in actual words yet.
1 Baby talk at 12 months. 2  Most babies say a few simple words like mama and dadda by the end of 12 months -- and now know what they're saying. Some eager parents interpret a string of da-da babbles as their baby's first words -- daddy!. 2  But babbling at this age is usually still made up of random syllables without real meaning or comprehension. 3  Baby talk at 9 months. 4  After 9 months, babies can understand a few basic words like no and bye-bye..